Having seen Babymetal’s Karate crowned Video Of The Year from our 2016 video of the week winners, it’s time to start over again for 2017. Our first contest of the year has five new videos and it’s a real varied mix this time – everything from what could be described as a black metal Johnny…
It seems there is no stopping Babymetal, or more specifically their legions of fans. We presented our readers with our twelve favourite video of the week winners from 2016 and let you decide the winner. In the end, over 5,000 of you voted, and Babymetal narrowly beat out Bristol goths Ashestoangels to take home the…
A newcomer to Rock Sins in 2016, so this makes it Charlie Harris’ first time contributing to our end of year awards. So, let’s see what he made of the last twelve months… 1) Album of the year: Bury Tomorrow – Earthbound Bury tomorrow have been one of my all time favourite metal bands and…
The next entrant in Rock Sins traditional end of year awards is longtime contributor and senior writer James Halstead. Never one to shy away from a strong opinion or two, here is what James made of 2016’s musical output… Album of the Year – Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us Taking the blueprint…
Continuing with our annual end of year awards, this time it’s the turn of James Weaver (who when he’s not writing for us, also contributes to Terrorizer. Oh, and he runs his own magazine, Distorted Sound too). Here’s what James had to say about the releases and happenings of the last twelve months: Album of…
Continuing with the traditional Rock Sins end of year awards, this time it’s the turn of one of our senior photographers, Fran Dignon, to make her choices from the past twelve months. Over to Fran! 1) Album of the year: The Interrupters – Say It Out Loud Not only would I say The Interrupters put…
Around the start of March, Rock Sins decided to introduce a video of the week feature. Whilst we’ve not always been able to run it every week, since it’s introduction we’ve had 24 installments and it’s gone on to become one of our most popular parts of the website. So it’s only fitting that we…
Continuing with our annual Rock Sins tradition of the end of year awards, this time up it’s one of our senior writers, Sam Dignon. Over to you Sam! ALBUM OF THE YEAR: OATHBREAKER – RHEIA 2016 was a ridiculously strong year with at least five albums battling out for this top spot. In the end…
They were up against a wide range of other bands from Metallica to While She Sleeps, but in the end Danish metallers Forever Still have come out on top in the latest Rock Sins video of the week contest. After initially having a big struggle with British rockers Led By Lanterns, Forever Still powered away…
Welcome to the penultimate Rock Sins video of the week for 2016! With Canadian rockers Monster Truck winning out last time, this time around we’ve got another mix of home grown and international talent all vying for your votes. First up is Metallica’s tribute to the one and only Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. Their video…
